year, the incumbent said anything, i wouldn t expect anything less tomorrow. no doubt about it, he wants to frame the message and just laying out, this president does want to make it a choice between what he s laying out and what the republicans are laying out and inside the obama campaign they say it doesn t matter who the eventually republican nominee is, they believe in chicago, and inside the white house behind me, that the republicans are saying all of the same things on the economy, jobs, taxes, et cetera, and the president has a different vision he s been laying out in recent weeks, he doesn t think the middle class is getting a fair shake, that there is he income inequality and the republicans charge that is class war fare and the president said it s about giving everyone a fair chance, take a listen. and we re building an economy where the hard work pays off. and an america where everybody gets a fair shot. now, also, we re hearing from officials that one of the things
putting on the final touches of the state of the union address. and newt gingrich s stunning surge has made him a lightning rod for a new wave the criticism. can we keep up the momentum in florida? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. 6o. just a few hours from now, the president of the united states goes before congress and the american people to record on how the nation is doing. his state of the union address will certain by as important glimpse. . . will focus on job, income equality and taxes and a whole lot more. as mitt romney reveals his own mounta multimillion dollar cnn s jim acosta is covering the campaign for us. he s in florida. romney, he did well in that debate last night, everyone seems to agree. is he back on track? reporter: wolf, we ll find out. right know his campaigning in front of the a foreclosed home. you could say he s hitting the reset button today. he s a taking the president and his rivals, but he s finding out hitting the rese
harder for rick santorum and the others to do what they have to do. in the time we have left. let s look at this from the democratic point of view. how effective do you think romney has been so far in blunting the attacks that he is some kind of vultur vulture whe learned is some kind of good thing today, it as compliment, he is a raider, a looter, how effective has he been in blunting that and poured concrete potent an how potent an issue does it remain if he goes forward against barack obama in the fall? i think he has been extremely ineffective. in the most recent interview where he talked about this is about class war fare and envy that is not a great comeback to this and he also said it in his speech in new hampshire talking about obama trying to divide us with envy or whatever. it is not about envy. it is about people losing jobs and he needs to be able to connect with that and come back with a better defense or explanation for these things because i do think while maybe it
machine would certainly like to perpetuate that myth that this is all about class warfare. we have already seen him begin that in probably the last nine or ten months he has really seized on it. judge jeanine: all right. and today, governor, there was a group of evangelicals who met in texas who decided that they were going to throw their support behind rick santorum. do you think that this is going have an impact on the republican nominee? i think it is a strong message of support, yes, for rick santorum. and, you know, i congratulate rick santorum for garnering that support from the evangelicals. heading into south carolina, by the way, there are lot of value voters there. he who would have the reputation and record proving they have been consistent on prolife issues and traditional definition of marriage should do well in south carolina. but, having said that, recognizing that value voters and social issues are very important in this election cycle and they are in south carolina
judge jeanine: we are back with sarah palin, former governor of alaska. now, governor, former governor romney said earlier this week that attacks, a lot of the attacks on him are rooted in envy because he is rich and successful. do you think that this presidential election is going to be all about class war fare? well, president obama would like this election cycle to be about class warfare and i think that is quite unfortunate. it is a distraction, the issue is because it is not rooted in reality. i don t think most americans are envious of those who have succeeded and expected and received reward for their strong work ethic and for good decisions. i don t sense in my own life in my surroundings that envy of people who have succeeded, no, but president obama and his billion dollars campaign machine would certainly like to